Tirri and her teammates Stefanie Olow and Martha Farmer, who combine to form Flash Your Sanjo, won the Women's Open division of the 56th annual Over the Line tournament yesterday at Fiesta Island.

The threesome used the slightest bit of offensive power and ball placement combined with stellar defensive plays to outdo runner-up Ryno Lady's Athletic Club 9-2 and repeat as champions.

“The girls up front are natural third basemen and they're wonderful,” Tirri said. “They're so quick and agile, it makes my job so easy back there. It comes down to nerves and the team being comfortable defensively and that's how it came together for us.”

The championship was Tirri's second, but her first without her mother, Camille Medina, playing next to her. Medina, the winningest female Over the Line competitor with 12 Open titles, recently had knee replacement surgery and was watching from the sidelines. Farmer, Olow's sister, was called on to replace Medina. A former third baseman for Louisiana Tech, Farmer made two spectacular diving plays for outs in the final inning and anchored the team's defense up front.

“I think I did great,” Farmer said. “It's obviously intimidating but I wanted to play with my sister. I'm just stoked right now. Because I played college ball, playing the front line just brought instincts back. It was just reaction. I just wait and it's like, 'Boom.' It all came back to me.”

Blood also ran thick in the Men's Open division of the tournament, as brothers Miles and Sean Matson helped lead Open Bar to a 24-5 rout of the Mud Hens in the title game. The Matson brothers were teamed with former San Diego State linebacker Dylan Robles for the championship run, in which they did not lose a game in seven tries.

“It felt good,” Robles said. “It was a lot of fun. Those guys have OTL in their blood, so it was only a matter of time before they won one. But I don't think we expected it to be so soon.”

Miles and Sean's father, Willie, is a five-time Open winner and was standing behind the boys the entire afternoon. Afterward, he fought back tears in congratulating them.

“I think I enjoyed watching them win more than I did winning it back in the day,” Willie Matson said. “I didn't think I'd react this way. I'm so damn proud of them. I'm just a proud papa, that's all.”

Open Bar rattled off 14 runs to blow the game open in the third inning and the Mud Hens simply couldn't muster any offense after coming through to the championship game from the loser's bracket. The game ended after the three innings by mercy rule, as did the Mud Hens' semifinal victory against two-time defending champion Flash Sportswear.

“We get on each other a lot but it's all love in the end,” Miles Matson said. “Dylan's like our brother, too. The chemistry came together and we always got each others' backs. We want the best for each other and it all showed in the end.